Reported by Trains Pro
Work is resuming this week on the Hudson Tunnel project, the Gateway Development Commission said today (Feb. 24), with nearly 1,000 jobs being restored following layoffs that occurred when the project was shut down on Feb. 6.
The resumption of work is being funded through approximately $235 million the commission received from the federal government earlier this month. The commission did not specify exactly when the work would resume, perhaps reflecting disruptions that occurred when the New York area was hit by a blizzard on Sunday night.
“This is great news for these workers, the hundreds of thousands of riders who take the train to New York City every day, and the entire region, but we cannot take our eyes off the ball,” Alicia Glen, commission co-chair from New York, said in a press release. “We need every federal dollar accounted for in our grant and loan agreements to build this tunnel.”
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